Barcelona’s elimination from the Champions League on Tuesday night has been the talking point amongst the footballing community and will be for quite some time. There’s been lots of controversy and rumours about the Barca squad playing a lot of football the last couple of years with the fatigue finally starting to catch up with them, especially as some key [...]
One of the greatest strikers in Premier League history has reached his first Champions League Final. Fernando Torres, the punch-line of endless jokes, clinched Chelsea’s passage into the pinnacle fixture of European club football. His goal may have been superfluous to proceedings, but it meant a lot. Torres has rounded a keeper and missed on the big stage before – [...]
The match had it all. Penalties missed, dives, red cards, and stunning goals – an impossible script. Chelsea defending Missing the linchpins, Cahill and Terry, after 10 and 36 minutes respectively Di Matteo had to reshuffle their back-line. Centre-backs Mikel & Ivanovic did remarkably well to keep Messi and co. quiet in attack. Heroics from Petr Cech, in the course [...]
It may be five years since Jose Mourinho left Chelsea, but he has privately backed them to beat Barcelona and progress to the Champions League Final. Petr Cech, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba are still the back-bone of a Chelsea side that was due for an overhaul courtesy of former manager Andre Villas-Boas but have surged into the [...]
Chelsea’s interim manager Roberto Di Matteo has stated that his side will need to score at the Nou Camp tomorrow night in order to progress to their second Champions League final. The Blues lead the semi-final clash against Barcelona 1-0, thanks to Didier Drogba’s solitary goal in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. But the former Chelsea midfielder, who was [...]
Former Manchester United and Netherlands goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar has suggested Barcelona need to beat Chelsea ‘for the sake of football’ Chelsea’s defensive approach in the first leg vs Barcelona was impeccable. The Catalan giants dominate the passing stats, and had the lion’s share of possession but Chelsea managed to knick a goal on an efficient counter-attack. If Chelsea [...]
Saturday night sees two giants go at it in the Spanish top division, with a lot at stake. Few football matches in the world can draw in the audience that El Clásico does time and time again. If you have been living under a rock for decades, here’s a brief history. The rivalry came about as Madrid and Barcelona are the two [...]
As much as every Chelsea fan would consider him or herself lucky with a 1-0 or a 0-0 at Stamford Bridge against Barcelona, watching that clip should remind everyone that Barcelona at the Camp Nou is a nightmare for opponents. Barca rarely disappoints on a big night in Catalonia. The last time Barcelona disappointed at home was in the 2nd [...]
Let’s ignore the fact that Messi has 63 goals this season. Let’s also pretend that he isn’t Barcelona’s leading all-time goal scorer at the tender age of 24. Sure, he’s got 41 goals in La Liga, and he’s already set the single-season Champions League mark at 14, but Messi‘s specialty is using his individual talent to score the ball with [...]
Chelsea go in to their Champions League Semi-Final with Barcelona as the overwhelming underdogs. No one expects them to win, barely anyone except their own fans think they can win, but could they just pull off one of the upsets of the competition? If Chelsea are to make it to make it to Munich, then there are five keys to [...]
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